Abstract: A system, a method, and an apparatus for decreasing the delay in the inspection of a containers at a port. The containers are tagged with a device at the originating port embedded with certain criteria that can be put under surveillance until the containers reach the destination port. A communication device such as a satellite is used to track the containers every step of the way until they reach the destination port, and to continuously or periodically transmit to the destination port the results of surveilling the containers. If the information embedded remains consistent with a profile, then the containers spend little or no time at every point of inspection between the point of origin and the destination port. If, on the other hand, the surveilling information shows any change in the tag from the profile, then the container is first isolated and a complete inspection is made.